SNAKES IN OUR AREA THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS. ALL OF US SHOULD EDUCATE OURSELVES ABOUT WHAT VENOMOUS SNAKES IN OUR AREA LOOK LIKE. A RASH OF ARSON FIRES EARLY MONDAY MORNING IN ST. AUGUSTINE, THE FIRE MARSHAL IS TELLING US THE FIRE THAT DID THIS, THE THIRD OF THE FOUR FIRES WHICH POLICE CALLED ARSON YESTERDAY, IS NOW LISTED AS CAUSE UNDETERMINED. THE FIRE DESTROYED AN UNOCCUPIED HOME. MARCUS WHITE HAS BEEN TALKING WITH BOTH THE FIRE MARSHAL AND ST. AUGUSTINE POLICE. HE'S JOINING US LIVE WITH AN UPDATE. WELL, WE'RE TOLD THAT AUTHORITIES MET TODAY AND THOSE AUTHORITIES TELL US THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MEET IN THE MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOON. THEY WANT TO MEET TWICE A DAY TO COMPARE NOTES UNTIL THEY FIND OUT WHO'S BEHIND THESE FIRES. AS OF WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, THERE WERE NO ARRESTS MADE AFTER THREE ARSONS IN ST. AUGUSTINE. IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN, I THINK PEOPLE ARE REALLY GOING TO BE FRIGHTENED. AND SOME PEOPLE ARE HOPING THE DAMAGE AROUND THE FIRES GETS CLEANED UP. CHILDREN CAN GET INTO IT. IT COULD BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CHILDREN WHO ARE CURIOUS. INVESTIGATORS HAVE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF SOMEONE ONLY BEING IDENTIFIED AS A PERSON OF INTEREST RIGHT NOW. THEY SAY NOT HAVING AN EYEWITNESS IS MAKING IT A CHALLENGE. POLICE ARE STEPPING UP PATROLS IN THE AREA. BROUGHT IN SOME PEOPLE TO WORK IN SOME EXTRA HOURS AROUND THE TIME THIS OCCURRED. SO WE DO HAVE PEOPLE OUT, BUT MOSTLY IT'S JUST PATROLLING THE NEIGHBORHOODS, DOING WHAT LAW ENFORCEMENT DOES IN GENERAL, GETTING OUT OF THE CARS AND TALKING TO PEOPLE. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY'RE TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT SURVEILLANCE VIDEO AND THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND THE POSSIBLE NAMES OF PEOPLE WHO FIT THIS DESCRIPTION, BUT POLICE SAY DARKER SURVEILLANCE VIDEO IS MAKING THEIR INVESTIGATION DIFFICULT, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ASKING ANYONE IN THE AREA WHO MAY HAVE SEEN ANYTHING AROUND THE TIME WHEN THE FIRES HAPPENED TO CALL POLICE. GENERALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN PEOPLE SEE SOMETHING, IT MAY NOT BE SOMETHING THEY THINK IS SIGNIFICANT. IF THEY SEE SOMETHING THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT TO THEM, IT MAY BE IMPORTANT TO US. PEOPLE WHO LIVE AROUND THE AREA ARE PRETTY CONCERNED. IT'S A PRETTY TERRIFYING THING. ST. AUGUSTINE, WE LIKE TO THINK OF OURSELVES AS A QUIET, SLEEPY PLACE. NOW INVESTIGATORS TELL US THAT FIREFIGHTERS ARE GOING AROUND THE HOMES, TELLING PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY LIMBS OR BRANCHES AROUND THEIR HOMES. THEY'RE ALSO TELLING PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY ITEMS LIKE GASOLINE TO MITIGATE THE RISK OF OTHER FIRES IN THE FUTURE. MEANWHILE, AUTHORITIES ARE TELLING ANYONE WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT THESE FIRES TO COME FORWARD AND CALL THE ARSON HOTLINE.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -

The owner of the architectural firm in St. Augustine that was set on fire early Monday morning said he plans to rebuild.

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Jerry Dixon, who owns the property on Cordova Street, estimates the damage to the building to be about $300,000. He said he is working on cleaning up debris, and that an insurance adjustor was on site to look at the damage.

He believes it will take nine months to repair the damage.

Dixon said he is an architect himself, so he is knowledgeable about rebuilding.

Others are hoping the damage around the fires gets cleaned up.

"Children can get into it. It can be hazardous to small children who are curious," resident Nanette Phillips said.

Fire investigators said the fire at the firm, along with two other fires within a mile of it, were intentionally set. St. Augustine Fire Marshal Bob Growick said Wednesday the cause of the fourth fire on Park Place is still undetermined, despite police saying Tuesday it was arson.

Police are still searching for suspects and have spotted a man in surveillance video seen near the Cordova Street fires and consider him a person of interest.

"We've brought in some people to work some extra hours around the time that this occurred," St. Augustine police spokesman Mark Samson said of increased patrols. "We do have people out. But mostly, just patrolling the neighborhoods, doing what law enforcement does in general, getting out of the cars and talking to people."

Investigators are asking for anyone who saw anything out of the ordinary that night to call them.

"Generally what happens is when people see something," Growick said. "It's not really significant because it's just something that they see on a daily basis, someone walking down the street. They see something that's not important to them, but it's important to us."

Anyone with any information about the fires is asked to call 877-NO-ARSON (662-7766) or Crime Stoppers at 888-277-8477. Callers can remain anonymous and could be eligible for a cash reward.

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